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The sleek, compact USB SuperDrive.

Everything you need in an optical drive.

Whether you’re at the office or on the road, you can play and burn both CDs and DVDs with the Apple USB SuperDrive. It’s perfect when you want to watch a DVD movie, install software, create backup discs, and more.

Take it anywhere.

Only slightly bigger than a CD case, the Apple USB SuperDrive slips easily into your travel bag when you hit the road and takes up little space on your desk or tray table when you’re working.

The essence of simplicity.

You’ll never have to worry about lost cables with the Apple USB SuperDrive. It connects to your MacBook Pro with Retina display, MacBook Air, iMac, or Mac mini with a single USB cable that’s built into the SuperDrive. There’s no separate power adapter, and it works whether your Mac is plugged in or running on battery power.

Perfect DVD drive for Macbook Air Users

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For some reason, the burning speed is much faster on this SuperDrive than other standalone DVD drives you find on Amazon. I tried
For some reason, the burning speed is much faster on this SuperDrive than other standalone DVD drives you find on Amazon. I tried the Amazon Basic DVD drive, but the speed is so slow that I had to return it. The Apple USB SuperDrive doesn't have this problem, though.
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Written by Tianran G from Birmingham

Jun 16, 2012

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Perfect DVD drive for Macbook Air Users

Good idea, but limited.

4.0 out of 5 stars

This is a good idea when it comes to improving the design of the MacBooks, but for the hassle and the cost, you'd think it could b
This is a good idea when it comes to improving the design of the MacBooks, but for the hassle and the cost, you'd think it could be blu-ray capable. Seriously. The retina display has a resolution of 2880 x 1800. I think it's time for 1080p viewability.
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Written by Paige G from Sandwich

Jun 30, 2012

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Good idea, but limited.

Great product.

5.0 out of 5 stars

I recently bought this to install software on my new MacBook Pro with retina display and it does its job quite well. Although it s
I recently bought this to install software on my new MacBook Pro with retina display and it does its job quite well. Although it still irks me that such a device is even necessary in this day and age. Sure improved portability is a nice feature but taking away the optical disk drive to do so seems silly. Overall no complaints, however.
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Trouble ripping audiobooks

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Just bought a 5k mac after retiring my old Imac-2007. I am an avid audiobook listener so I need to rip them into itunes so that I
Just bought a 5k mac after retiring my old Imac-2007. I am an avid audiobook listener so I need to rip them into itunes so that I can listen on my device. The drive seems to rip about half of the cd then ejects for no reason. This is a brand-new audiobook that has never been touched and has no scratches. I took it back to my old mac with the built in dvd drive and it burned the disks that were ejected by this drive without any problems. This drive is going back tomorrow.
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Written by Wendell P from MITCHELLVILLE

Feb 20, 2015

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Trouble ripping audiobooks

Poor Quality

1.0 out of 5 stars

I purchased the Apple USB SuperDrive and after just a few months it broke and the drive just kept spinning. If you want a drive th
I purchased the Apple USB SuperDrive and after just a few months it broke and the drive just kept spinning. If you want a drive that actually has blu-ray capability and will last go with something else. Please don't waste your money on this.
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Written by Samuel W from Harleysville

Jan 29, 2015

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Poor Quality

Works well, mostly, but you need to be careful.

2.0 out of 5 stars

There is one huge design flaw in the SuperDrive, and periodically it drives me crazy: there is no way to manually force the drive
There is one huge design flaw in the SuperDrive, and periodically it drives me crazy: there is no way to manually force the drive to eject a disc. I have a huge collection of DVD-Rs that I burned roughly ten years ago, after I switched away from VHS but before I took up digital recording, and I have been trying to rip them to digital files. Most of the time, this works well, but occasionally a disc is corrupted. When that happens, the SuperDrive spends half an hour or more fussing with the disc and refusing to eject it, and all of the computer-based ways to eject the disc stop working (and I have tried ALL of them). Most CD/DVD drives have a small hole that you can poke the end of a paperclip into, to manually force the disc to eject. The SuperDrive is missing that safety mechanism. So be warned. Now, the rest of the time, it performs very well. This, however, is a glaring problem, because CDs and DVDs DO corrupt --often when you least expect it -- and when that happens, the SuperDrive simply can't handle it.
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Best Answer:

The retina display mac does NOT have a Super Drive built-in. You can either share a drive from an e
The retina display mac does NOT have a Super Drive built-in. You can either share a drive from an existing iMac or you will need a USB Super Drive to play discs.
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Best Answer:

I burned some music from an original CD first by importing the music you want to your ITunes library
I burned some music from an original CD first by importing the music you want to your ITunes library from an original CD in the USB Super Drive, then I made a playlist of the music I wanted to burn, then I click on "burn", and then it prompts you to insert a blank CD. It then prompts when the CD has completed burning and to eject the newly burned CD from the USB Super Drive.
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No. The retina macs do not have optical drives. You can purchase a external SuperDrive , that's what
No. The retina macs do not have optical drives. You can purchase a external SuperDrive , that's what I have done when I purchased my MacBook Pro retina. They are almost getting obsolete. I have maybe used mine three times. Enjoy your. New Mac.
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